Wednesday, October 21, 2015

WWLW: Envelope Flair

The Merry Mommas LOVE envelope flair! I mean, we focus LOTS on what's inside that envelope, but it's nice to give that outside some love, too!

You may be asking yourself,

"WHAT IN THE WORLD is envelope flair?"

Well, it's all the little things on an envelope that add that extra WOW!

Here, let us show you...

STAMPS

United States Postal Service offers some really great holiday stamps. They can add that extra, "Why, yes, I did stand in line for an hour to get the cute Charlie Brown stamps!" to any envelope. (Or, I sent my husband. Twice. because the first time he only bought a book, which is exactly 120 stamps too few.) :)

Zazzle has TONS of unique options! Just search "Christmas" or "Holiday" stamps.

And you can customize them with your own pictures! How fun would it be to give a sneak peak to your card ON YOUR ENVELOPE! And sometimes you can't choose just one pic, this gives you the option of selecting just one more!

RETURN ADDRESS

Stamps- You can fancy up your address with ink stamps! There is literally hundreds of thousands of different places you can get stamps, but we headed to Etsy to find some fun ones for you!

Labels- If you order cards from some of the major online retailers, many of them will have the option to add address labels. Again, this is a darling way to give the receiver a little sneak peek at what's inside!

Embossed- If you are a little more on the formal side, you may choose to emboss your envelopes. We love the distinguished look of an embossed envelope. Feel free to send us your cards! (We're serious!) Paper Source has a great selection of embossers.

WASHI TAPE

Washi tape can be a bit intimidating, which is silly, because the whole point of it is to add some fun to your various projects without the stress. Take a look at some of things we found!

I mean, let's just discuss her entire style of envelope addressing. Click on that link because she does an entire post on her tips. We LOVE that she used a VARIETY of stamps! Darling. Her handwriting? AMAZING. And that washi tape adds an extra pop! It is definitely on this momma's list this year!

If you use more of a traditional addressing system (read: white labels) you can always add more washi tape for that extra pop of fun! You could even just use a tiny piece on the back of the envelope as a seal. And done!

See, you totally love ENVELOPE FLAIR now too, don't you! :)

Know what we LOVE? When y'all leave us comments! Seriously, we can't blog about what you LOVE unless you tell us. So share the merry and spread the love...

You know who I love? The Merry Mamas! So...why don't you guys show us how to do fancy lettering? And by fancy, I just mean adding a little here and there to jazz up my boring handwriting just a bit! :)

This Merry Momma believes that no set is to crazy, no prop is too big, and there is nothing that can't be fixed with some hot glue. She also guarantees that anything you need for a photoshoot can be found in her very own momma's attic!

Nordstrom should pay this Merry Momma for window design. All she needs is an idea, a color scheme and maybe a credit card and a perfectly put-together photo session will appear. And she is offering all that greatness to you right here!